>The limit of 8192 is not exceeded
>The field is a date field
>That field is one of the fields selected
>the order clause specifies the name of the field and not a numeric position
>
>Additional info: In my select I do this
>
>select date as MeaningfullNameForDate...
>
>and the order is with MeaningfullNameForDate. That should'nt be a problem should it?
>

Try using the numeric position of the field in the list rather than its new name.

Tamar